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Originally Posted by rainbow8
I started the thread because I'm at a point now where I can accept criticism, and I wanted to know if this is another aspect of my crossing boundaries. I wanted to know if any others clicked on those names too. I remember finding it out by accident the first time I did it. I tell because to me it's not a big deal. I see if someone's posting or reading my threads, or maybe how busy the Couch is, LOL. It's not a big deal at all. It's not a secret. I wonder why PC has it that way, so people can see where others are.  I would never bother people with PMS if they told me not to. Like I said, I think I'll bring it up in therapy, and talk about why I do it. I think it's another obsession like googling, but it's harmless.
So I think everyone should get back to the "do you wear shorts" thread now!! Joke. |
You might get more benefit if you'd use these occasions to look inward, rather than outward. Rather than backpeddle ("it's not a big deal!"), or minimize ("it doesn't take long"), or rationalize ("PC has it that way), as soon as you get some responses that question any deeper meaning to your behavior, try examining your own motivation behind the behavior.
It doesn't matter what anyone else does or doesn't do; even if someone does the same action, that doesn't mean it "proves" it is, or is not, problematic because everyone has a different motivation for their behavior. What matters for
you is
your motivation.